Recall the Meru senator Linturi family drama after he chased wife from Runda home?Well looks like politicians are not done pulling these dramas on their failed marriages.
The divorced wife of former Machakos senator Johnstone Muthama moved to court in 2014 to stop Muthama from evicting her from the matrimonial home on the grounds that she had the right to occupy it.
The court rulling however has ruled that Agnes Kavindu Musyoka who divorced the politician in 1983 was living on his property in Mua Machakos county at his will but not his wife.
“The picture that emerged was not that of a spouse but of a person accommodated initially as a mother of the respondent’s (Muthama) daughter,” ruled Justice William Musyoka, who heard the testimonies of the two parties and their witnesses.
According to documents filed in court, Muthama married Kavindu under Kamba customary law in 1975 and the couple had three children. The marriage was dissolved by the court in 1983.
Muthama then had a brief affair with her in 1996 which produced another child, a relationship she termed as a remarriage.
She claimed she had been treated inhumanely and deprived of basic facilities such as water despite the home having two boreholes.
“Since the water was disconnected from the house, I have resorted to using water from swimming pool for washing and bathing,” she claimed.
She claimed Muthama turned violent and stopped supporting her financially.Kavindu’s dowry was said to have been returned when their marriage hit the rocks and in 2014, Muthama decided to settle his three families on the Mua property and asked Kavindu to vacate.